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Aristus

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14. This is because if people are pre-disposed to disbelieve a certain event,

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 05:52 PM

Jul 2019

nothing one can say will convince them otherwise.

Stephen King once wrote that people would rather believe the most preposterous conspiracy theory regarding the assassination of JFK than accept the simple fact that one loser with a mail-order rifle could change the course of history.

The more evidence you present rebutting their beliefs, the more they will double-down on their disbelief of the facts.

And the Oxfordians? God knows why they believe what they do. It neither harms William Shakespeare to deny that he wrote his plays, nor helps whomever their candidate is for the 'real' author. It's little more than intellectual masturbation.

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Was Shakespeare a Woman? [View all] saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 OP

No, no, no, no, NO! Aristus Jul 2019 #1

Please, provide proof saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #4

Simple. William Shakespeare was an actor/shareholder of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later Aristus Jul 2019 #9

Shakespeare was really born in Kenya, and couldn't have written them anway jberryhill Jul 2019 #10

Gottcha...no wonder fish are so easy to snag. saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #12

Precisely! ChazInAz Jul 2019 #19

What are some of the roles you have played? Aristus Jul 2019 #21

I've been on stage over fifty years. ChazInAz Jul 2019 #22

Cool! Aristus Jul 2019 #23

I studied Shakespeare in college, also... Mike Nelson Jul 2019 #2

Actually, Christopher Marlowe's writing style was notably different from that of Shakespeare. Aristus Jul 2019 #3

Actually, I don't... Mike Nelson Jul 2019 #7

There is the the Mary Sidney Society OneBlueDotBama Jul 2019 #5

Thank you, this is helpful. saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #6

It sounds like this hypothesis is based on the age-old argument that Aristus Jul 2019 #13

Based on your observations, one might ask... OneBlueDotBama Jul 2019 #15

That's a perfectly valid argument, one that has been forwarded before. Aristus Jul 2019 #16

You're far more charitable toward John... OneBlueDotBama Jul 2019 #17

Oh, he did get into trouble. Aristus Jul 2019 #18

This is fascinating! A very convincing argument - I'll have to read some more The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #8

Two conspiracy theories we'll always have: who really was Shakespeare Hassler Jul 2019 #11

This is because if people are pre-disposed to disbelieve a certain event, Aristus Jul 2019 #14

+1 Hassler Jul 2019 #20